It’s that time of the year when the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is about to kick off. With this year’s edition starting on April 7. The opening ceremony will see Bollywood gracing the stage with some high-octane performances. This time stars like Varun Dhawan, Ranveer Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Parineeti Chopra, are part of the starry line-up for the opening night’s glittering affair.
Among the actors who are performing this time, the Judwaa 2 star has got the highest remuneration. Reveals a source, “Recently, there were reports that Ranveer has been given around Rs 5 crore for his IPL act. But the organisers have paid Varun much more and he’s the highest paid of the lot this year. His fee is somewhere close to Rs 6 crore, although the exact figure isn’t known.” Asked about rumours that Ranveer is being paid a whopping Rs 5 crore for the performance at the opening the official refused to get into details.
“See, the budget is Rs 20 crore and that has been approved. Now, let us not get into minute details on who is being paid what for how long. As long as we are able to give you guys a show worth remembering, there shouldn’t be anything to complain about. We believe that this opening ceremony will just like in previous years, set the tone on what is expected to be a thrilling tournament over the next 50 days.”
This IPL will also see the return of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals after they were suspended for two years by the Lodha committee post the match-fixing fiasco that rocked the cash-rich league.